Wolves boss Dave Jones has launched a vicious attack on the TV pundits who have condemned his side as relegation fodder.

Jones saw his battling outfit fail to grab a deserved point from their daunting trip to Old Trafford as John O'Shea's 10th-minute winner kept them anchored to the foot of the table.

However, like his opposite number Sir Alex Ferguson, Jones felt his team's performance restored some much-needed credibility to the Black Country outfit, providing the platform from which he launched his assault on Sky's Rodney Marsh and Charlie Nicholas, who have been outspoken in their criticism of the newly-promoted side.

Jones said: "People express their opinions when they don't have a clue what is going on inside the club.

"Even Manchester United would struggle with an injury-list like that and that is why we have started the season off slowly.

"It's not the press, it's the ex-players. They seem to know an awful lot from sitting on the other side of the fence given they are only doing the jobs they are because they couldn't do the one I am in.

"Before they open their mouths they should pick up the telephone and speak to me.

"We went to Old Trafford with a gameplan, conceded an early goal, which put us on the back foot, and still then we took the game to them.

"We can walk away with our heads held high but I would rather have had a scrappy game and drawn 1-1."